by bobbienoto | Mar 27, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cookies, Creations, Home, Tutorials
Bobbie’s Baking Blog has open a new shop and educational centre! This is your official invitation to learn wonderful recipes, beautiful sugar flowers and cake decorating techniques. We will be moving websites as well to 5th Avenue Cake Designs! I will still...
by bobbienoto | Mar 21, 2014 | Creations, Home, Spray, Tutorials, Videos
Cherry Blossoms have been a favorite of mine as long as I can remember. Their dreamy presence along with the soft beautiful pink colour are an attention grabber and make them the perfect cake topper for any special occasion, especially weddings. I decided to research...
by bobbienoto | Mar 19, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes, Creations, Home, Spray, Tutorials, Videos
Cherry blossoms have a delicate and mysterious presence. They bloom in early spring and the aroma the blossoms give is enticing. They are perfect blossoms for wedding cakes, you can add them to almost any sugar spray for an extra special touch, they also are perfect...
by bobbienoto | Mar 17, 2014 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Home, Tutorials
Needlepoint royal icing piping is a unique technique to take your sugar cookies or cakes (even cupcakes) to the next level. I adore the intricate piping skills that can be achieved with a cornet and nozzle. Although piping a needlepoint pattern onto a sugar cookie or...
by bobbienoto | Mar 12, 2014 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Home, Tutorials
Easter is just around the corner and every year I create special Easter baskets filled with custom cookies,candies, and other treats. I found this large egg cookie cutter and visioned an exquisite frilled sugar cookie with a light ombre effect. After applying the...
by bobbienoto | Mar 10, 2014 | Cakes, Cakes, Creations, Tutorials, Videos
I adore how intricate, unique and artistic celebration cakes have become! It seams the skies the limit, more often we are seeing cakes with vision and uniqueness. Hand painted cakes have become a trend over the past couple of years and it seems the trend is here to...
by bobbienoto | Mar 5, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes, Cupcakes, Home, Spray, Tutorials, Videos
I realize the world’s most famous weather forecaster, Punxsutawney Phil, saw his shadow and declared six more weeks of Winter. I however refuse to except that forecast! This winter has been insane, with my daughter’s university shutting down four times...
by bobbienoto | Mar 2, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies, Home, Tutorials
EVERYBODY’S GOT AN OPINION. When it comes to the Academy Awards’ red carpet, that’s about 40 million or more will be handing down judgments about this actress’s ill-fitting dress or that one’s overly done. It’s enough to give both...
by bobbienoto | Feb 28, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
Creating edible figures for cake toppers is a popular cake decorating technique. Lately pregnant mommies for baby showers have been showing up all over the internet. Brides and grooms are also a favorite. There are many mediums that can be used for sculpting these fun...
by bobbienoto | Feb 23, 2014 | Cakes, Candy, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials
It is time for us to have fun and good fortune with a special St. Patty’s Day pot of gold and leprechaun hat created with modeling chocolate tutorial. Dating back to Medieval times, in Europe , the legend of the pot of gold is enthusiastically told by the...
by bobbienoto | Feb 19, 2014 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I thought it might be fun to learn a new method of brush embroidery..Victorian brush embroidery. Although the name sounds fancy the technique to create victorian brush embroidery is quite simple. Victorian brush embroidery generally is applied with two colours of...
by bobbienoto | Feb 14, 2014 | Cakes, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I wanted to share a fun Valentine’s Day tutorial with you (my way of saying Happy Valentine’s Day)! I began by baking up a batch of cupcakes and a batch of royal icing, while the cupcakes were doing their own thing, baking, I used the time to sketch some...
by bobbienoto | Feb 11, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cupcakes, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I was recently commissioned to create vintage cupcakes for a wedding. The wedding, itself, will have a turn of the century theme and cupcakes will flow with the theme. The bride graciously invited me to her bridal gown fitting,in order to have the cupcake be inspired...
by bobbienoto | Feb 9, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies, Home, Tutorials
The 86th Oscars will be held on March 2, 2014 with Ellen DeGeneres hosting. The anticipation for those few minutes the actors/directors et cetra will walk the Red Carpet starts with finding the perfect designer and commission them to create a one of a kind dress. The...
by bobbienoto | Feb 4, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Tutorials, Videos
The key to an original inspired fashion cake is having a keen sense of the world around us. Nothing is insufficient from vintage craved fireplace, to the card you received on your birthday. I once found inspiration from an antique vanity. The colors that grab your...
by bobbienoto | Feb 1, 2014 | Cookies, Cookies and brownies, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
Tomorrow at 4:30 kick off will begin for Super Bowl XLVIII. Payton Manning and Russell Wilson will be face to face in New Jersey at the MetLife stadium (freezing there tush off). Unlike Super Bowl I, where The Green Bay Packer’s quarterback Bart Starr and The...
by bobbienoto | Jan 29, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cakes, Cakes, Home, Tutorials
I just adore tufted billow weave on a cake, and have decorated quite a few cakes with the tufted billow weave method. Susan Trianos started the puffing trend and it would behove you to visit her website. She has an exquisite cake gallery! Back to the cake above: after...
by bobbienoto | Jan 27, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
I know I have gone cake decorating “crazy” when I see an ice cream cone and instead of thinking what flavor ice cream I want; I picture a vase holding long stem modeling chocolate roses. My husband wanted to grab ice cream on Saturday due to our unusual...
by bobbienoto | Jan 24, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies, Home, Videos, x
I love working with both sugar paste and royal icing together; especially when designing with the broderie anglaise technique. You could use either medium alone, however I think it adds a special touch when combined. Broderie Anglaise is a French/English needlework...
by bobbienoto | Jan 20, 2014 | Cake Decorating, Cookies, Creations, Home, Tutorials, Videos
You know you have achieved cake/cookie decorating mania when you see a comforter online and it inspires you to recreate the effect on a cookie (this technique could be constructed on a cake as well). I was extremely pleased how eloquent the final result looked. My...
